ATS1250 · Social justice and Indigenous Australians

Overview

The unit introduces you to ideas of social justice and Indigenous rights, focusing on the role of the state and its obligations to the international community, and Aboriginal human and civil rights and self-determination. You will gain an appreciation of issues of Aboriginal sovereignty, land rights and native title. The unit considers histories of ideas of social justice and their relationship to colonisation in Australia.

Areas of study: Cultural competence Indigenous cultures and histories

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Within semester assessment: 100%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Have gained an understanding of the theoretical ideas that have shaped understandings of social justice and Indigenous rights;
2. Have gained a broad understanding of particular social justice and human rights issues for Indigenous people, including sovereignty, questions of land and native title, service provision, and the historical treatment of Indigenous people;
3. Have developed an ability to reflect on their own relationship to questions of social justice;
4. Have developed an ability to critically analyse contemporary public discourse on issues of social justice and human rights;
5. Have engaged in assessment which reflects these understandings as well as an awareness of the value of interdisciplinary approaches to a study of this kind.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.